Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez

Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez was the Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Army from 1981 to 1983 and a general of the Yom Kippur War.

Biography
Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez commanded the Egyptian 16th Infantry Division of the Egyptian 2nd Army during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 as a Brigadier-General, and he was defeated at the Battle of Chinese Farm by Ariel Sharon from 15-17 October. On 18 October he was wounded by shrapnel from an artillery shell, and his chief-of-staffs succeeded him in his role. Abd Rab el-Nabi Hafez was Chief-of-Staff of the Egyptian Army from 1981 to 1983.